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mr. burgess: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 288 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 39, house resolution 288, resolved that at any time after the adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 2609, making appropriations for the energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2014, and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations. after general debate, the bill shall be conside
mr. burgess: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 288 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 39, house resolution 288, resolved that at any time after the adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the...
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mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. without objection. mr. burgess: all right, mr. speaker, here it is. patient protection and affordable care act. paragraph d, effective date. this is the section that deals with the employer -- so-called employer responsibility what we call the employer mandate. the effective date as defined in law, the amendments made by this section shall apply to the months beginning after december 31, 2013. mr. speaker, i'd like to bring the house's attention to a letter that was submitted to leader pelosi and leader reid by leaders of some of our country's labor unions. since the -- this is by -- from james hoffa from the teamster's union. since the affordable care act was enacted, we've been bringing our deep concerns to the administration seeking reasonable regulatory interpretations to the statute that would help prevent t
mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. without objection. mr. burgess: all right, mr. speaker, here it is. patient protection and affordable care act. paragraph d, effective date. this is the section that deals with the employer -- so-called employer responsibility what we call the employer mandate. the effective date as defined in law, the...
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mr. burgess: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to yield to the distinguished chairman of the rules committee, mr. sessions from texas, as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i want to thank the gentleman, the member of the rules committee, dr. michael burgess, from texas. dr. burgess is a brand new member of the rules committee and came to the rules committee because of his understanding not just of medicine and health care as a doctor and provider for many, many years, but also because of his grasp of knowledge of this health care bill which is an enormous bill which, while we are talking about the economic consequences primarily today on the marketplace where this bill is causing employers to not hire more employees, is causing more employers to take to part-time worker status their employees, because of the extreme ramifications of this, what was called affordable care act known as the obamacare act, and today
mr. burgess: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to yield to the distinguished chairman of the rules committee, mr. sessions from texas, as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i want to thank the gentleman, the member of the rules committee, dr. michael burgess, from texas. dr. burgess is a brand new member of the rules committee and came to the rules committee because of his understanding...
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mr. burgess: mr. speaker, for the purposes of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. during consideration of this resolution all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burgess: house resolution 315 provides for consideration of two pieces of legislation passed by the committee on energy and commerce. the first, h.r. 2218, the coal residuals reuse and management act of 2013, introduced by my friend on the committee, mr. mckinley from west virginia, passed out of committee with a strong bipartisan vote with 54 bipartisan co-sponsors. the second piece of legislation, h.r. 1582, the energy consumers relief act of 2013, was introduced by my friend, mr. cassidy from louisiana. the rule before us today provides for one hour of
mr. burgess: mr. speaker, for the purposes of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. during consideration of this resolution all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burgess: house resolution 315 provides for...
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polis of colorado, amendment by mr. burgess of texas, amendment by mr. burgess of texas, amendment by ms. titus of nevada, amendment by mr. lynch of massachusetts. the chair will reduce to five minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in the series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. polis of colorado. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or
polis of colorado, amendment by mr. burgess of texas, amendment by mr. burgess of texas, amendment by ms. titus of nevada, amendment by mr. lynch of massachusetts. the chair will reduce to five minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in the series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk...
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mr. burgess: mr. chairman, time that the federal government is having to make tough painful choices on how to prioritize taxpayer dollars, this congress has yet to learn the lessons of the past as where we waste the most money. in fact, yet again this year, as in so many years past, the bill before us insists on throwing good money after bad and time to put an end to that wasteful habit. this would strike $48 million which is an earmark for a bailout to a failing uranium enrichment company. this $48 million would be put towards deficit reduction. look, opponents of the amendment are go to go claim this money is necessary for national security, but in fact that could not be further from the truth. in fact the question of the whether or not the united states enrichment corporation is truly vital is being reviewed by the general accountability office which is expected to release a report on both the national security question as well as the economics of sending further taxpayer dollars to the united stat
mr. burgess: mr. chairman, time that the federal government is having to make tough painful choices on how to prioritize taxpayer dollars, this congress has yet to learn the lessons of the past as where we waste the most money. in fact, yet again this year, as in so many years past, the bill before us insists on throwing good money after bad and time to put an end to that wasteful habit. this would strike $48 million which is an earmark for a bailout to a failing uranium enrichment company....
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mr. hoyer: i want to thank dr. burgess and i thank mr. butterfield for their leadership on this bill, but i want to thank my friend, dr. phil roe who has been a delight to work with. taken us a little bit of time. we have stayed after it because as dr. burgess and judge butterfield have observed, this will save lives. this will save the lives of children who do not know that they have an allergy, which is life threatening. i'm a grandfather of an 11-year-old girl. i have been with her twice in an emergency room when she was an infant and slightly older than an infant and i want to tell my colleagues a story, about my daughter who took alexa to disney world. they were walking down the pathway, one of the walkways at disney world and my granddaughter started having an allergic reaction. she is allergic to peanut butter and peanuts. she had none of those. this little girl was extraordinarily careful. she comes to my house and she reads the labels. she brings with her her epi-pen in the case that is always with her. as they started walking do
mr. hoyer: i want to thank dr. burgess and i thank mr. butterfield for their leadership on this bill, but i want to thank my friend, dr. phil roe who has been a delight to work with. taken us a little bit of time. we have stayed after it because as dr. burgess and judge butterfield have observed, this will save lives. this will save the lives of children who do not know that they have an allergy, which is life threatening. i'm a grandfather of an 11-year-old girl. i have been with her twice in...
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the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess, and the gentleman, mr. butterfield, each will control 20 minutes. mr. burgess: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their rarblings and insert extraneous material into the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burgess: i rise in support and encourage my colleagues to vote for h.r. 2094, the school access to emergency epinephrine act. according to the c.d.c., one out of every 13 american children has a food allergy and that rate is rising. some of these children can experience a severe allergic reaction that can be deadly unless epinephrine is administered. 16% of children with food allergies have had allergic reactions while in school. if those reactions are severe, school personnel should be ready to manage students with known allergies and to be prepared for emergencies. in 2004, congress passed a bill to allow students with known allergies to bring their medication to school, however, there are many students who don't know they have a se
the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess, and the gentleman, mr. butterfield, each will control 20 minutes. mr. burgess: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their rarblings and insert extraneous material into the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burgess: i rise in support and encourage my colleagues to vote for h.r. 2094, the school access to emergency epinephrine act. according to the c.d.c., one...
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mr. burgess: thank you, mr. chairman. in this house, in 2007, a bill was passed called the energy independence security act. one of the features of this bill was to take away consumer choice when deciding which light bulbs that our constituents could use in their own homes. since that time i have heard from literally tens of thousands of people on the inequities of this provision. mr. chairman, they're right. while the government has passed energy efficiency standards in other realms over the years, they've never moved so far and lowered standards so drastically to a point where the technology is still at this date, over five years, the technology is still years off in making lightbulbs that are compliant with the 2007 law at a price point that the average american can afford. last year light bulb companies talked about their new 2007 law -compliant bulbs that are available now but they're available at price points of $20, $30, $40 and $50 each bulb. opponents to my amendment will claim that the 2007 language does not ban
mr. burgess: thank you, mr. chairman. in this house, in 2007, a bill was passed called the energy independence security act. one of the features of this bill was to take away consumer choice when deciding which light bulbs that our constituents could use in their own homes. since that time i have heard from literally tens of thousands of people on the inequities of this provision. mr. chairman, they're right. while the government has passed energy efficiency standards in other realms over the...
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mr. burgess: thank you mr. speaker. i yield myself the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burgess: i cannot recall a place in the constitution where it says the house passes a bill, the senate can't pass it, so the house comes back and tries to find a better bill that maybe the senate will now take up. i wish that had happened on that health care stuff back in 2009 and 2010, we would have a lot better world today. the fact of the matter is the house has passed the student loan bill. the senate has the obligation to act. the deadline of july 1 was in fact provided to us by a funding clip the democrats enacted in 2007 when they started this process. the deadline was self-imposed by democratic majority of the house of representatives, democratic majority in the senate. democrats in the other body are fully aware of that deadline. we are fully aware of that deadline. they were the ones that let it lapse. the house had done its work. they were fully capable of passing something. sending it back to us so it could either b
mr. burgess: thank you mr. speaker. i yield myself the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burgess: i cannot recall a place in the constitution where it says the house passes a bill, the senate can't pass it, so the house comes back and tries to find a better bill that maybe the senate will now take up. i wish that had happened on that health care stuff back in 2009 and 2010, we would have a lot better world today. the fact of the matter is the house...
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mr. burgess, aye. ms. slaughr, no. mr. mcgovern, no. mr. hastings, no. mr. polis, no. mr. chairman. >> aye. >> mr. chairman, aye. >> clerk will report. >> six yays, four neighays. the motion is agreed to. you finally won one. dr. burgess will be representing the republican party with the majority. >> and i will -- >> and the gentlewoman, ms. slaughter, will be representing thminority. >> mr. chairman -- >> the gentlewoman is recognized. >> when we were down doing the vote, i ard we will not be doing the education bill, they don't have the votes for that. in that case, what will we be doing at rules tomorrow? i appreciate the gentlewoman bringing this issue up. if she would allow me a moment, i did not, in fact, hear that. i did have numerous discussions about the bill, but i did not hear that. if the gentlewoman will give me just one second. thank you very much. that's news to us. so i have not heard that the bill would not be on the floor tomorrow, that we would not be here. i would anticipate we will move forward as we have previously stated. i would anticipate we would
mr. burgess, aye. ms. slaughr, no. mr. mcgovern, no. mr. hastings, no. mr. polis, no. mr. chairman. >> aye. >> mr. chairman, aye. >> clerk will report. >> six yays, four neighays. the motion is agreed to. you finally won one. dr. burgess will be representing the republican party with the majority. >> and i will -- >> and the gentlewoman, ms. slaughter, will be representing thminority. >> mr. chairman -- >> the gentlewoman is recognized. >>...
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mr. burgess: well, i'll be happy to address some of the revisionist history. if we want to talk about reality testing, how about the fact that in september of 2008 democrats controlled every lever of power in the united states congress for some 20 months. lehman brothers failed and oh, by the way, who was on the watch of the new york fed when what that happened? timothy geithner, for which he was awarded by becoming president obama's press secretary. the first two years of this administration, the obama administration, was so anti-employer that no wonder the recovery was indeed a jobless recovery, and continues in that mode until today. and don't get me started about the affordable care act. that has been a wet blanket on job creation in this economy. the president knows it, which is why he revised things last week and oh, by the way, if he wants to reach out his hand to us, how about sending people from the agencies to our committees that at least will stop the propensity for preverification? when they will not admit to the fact that they have contingency pla
mr. burgess: well, i'll be happy to address some of the revisionist history. if we want to talk about reality testing, how about the fact that in september of 2008 democrats controlled every lever of power in the united states congress for some 20 months. lehman brothers failed and oh, by the way, who was on the watch of the new york fed when what that happened? timothy geithner, for which he was awarded by becoming president obama's press secretary. the first two years of this administration,...
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mr. burgess: mr. speaker, this week the energy and commerce committee, subcommittee on health, will begin a markup on legislation to fix the problem that congress has been struggling with for over a decade. that's fixing what's known as the doc fix or the sustainable growth rate formula. the proposed legislation is bipartisan. both sides of the dice agree that this must be done and incorporates the feedback we've received from over 80 stakeholder groups. the legislation proposes and replaces the problematic formula with an improved system to increase the quality of care for medicare patients and streamline the costly and complicated process in a fiscally responsible way. most importantly, the legislation ensures that medicare patients will continue medical ccess to service. by providing incentives for doctors to continue to treat medicare patients or putting the health of our seniors first. i'm proud to be part of this commonsense solution. i look forward to speaking to this house more about this in t
mr. burgess: mr. speaker, this week the energy and commerce committee, subcommittee on health, will begin a markup on legislation to fix the problem that congress has been struggling with for over a decade. that's fixing what's known as the doc fix or the sustainable growth rate formula. the proposed legislation is bipartisan. both sides of the dice agree that this must be done and incorporates the feedback we've received from over 80 stakeholder groups. the legislation proposes and replaces...
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mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 315, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 2218, to amend subtitle d of the solid waste disposal act, to encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal combustion residuals and establish requirements for the proper management and disposal of coal con bust onresiduals that are protective of human health and the environment, and providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 1582, to protect consumers by prohibiting the administrator of the environmental protection agency from promulgating his final certain energy-related rules that are estimated to cost more than $1 billion and will cause significant adverse affects to the economy. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. pursuant to house resolution 312, and rule 18, the chair de
mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 315, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 2218, to amend subtitle d of the solid waste disposal act, to encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal combustion residuals and establish requirements for the proper management and disposal of coal con bust...
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mr. burgess: thank you, mr. speaker. last week the administration once again adjusted the affordable care act in an effort to try to save the takeover of the nation's health care. on friday, the latest change was announced, the new health care exchanges will not verify an individual's income for the year as originally planned. eliminating the verification requirement how will the government determine who gets health care subsidies? well, they're going to use the honorable system, because no one would lie about something like that. this will open the exchanges to a staggering amount of potential fraud. it is also clearly a political move. the administration has made it clear they want as many people as possible to sign up for the exchanges so they can reap the public relations benefits about talking about the popularity of said exchanges. all of this comes at a time when the federal health programs are already stricken with fraud. and now the administration wants to introduce a new program. on new program is based somethi
mr. burgess: thank you, mr. speaker. last week the administration once again adjusted the affordable care act in an effort to try to save the takeover of the nation's health care. on friday, the latest change was announced, the new health care exchanges will not verify an individual's income for the year as originally planned. eliminating the verification requirement how will the government determine who gets health care subsidies? well, they're going to use the honorable system, because no one...
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mr. perez. i thought it was important that we had a real conversation. it was quite instructive. the president was impressive in his knowledge of the issue, thinking about it, and his commitment to making sure that every american is going to be able to have a right to vote unfettered. i was also very impressed that the department of justice has been giving -- and the administration has been giving thought to how to use the full array of voting rights laws, including the national voter registration act, to make sure that there are rights are accorded to everyone to vote. the president also interestingly and importantly alluded again to his commission on long lines and waiting that report, and i think that report also will be informative to this effort to re-authorize the voting rights act. thank you. oh, and i should have mentioned that the lawyers committee also is very happy that we will be working very closely with all the groups here and others to the ct hearings across country in orde
mr. perez. i thought it was important that we had a real conversation. it was quite instructive. the president was impressive in his knowledge of the issue, thinking about it, and his commitment to making sure that every american is going to be able to have a right to vote unfettered. i was also very impressed that the department of justice has been giving -- and the administration has been giving thought to how to use the full array of voting rights laws, including the national voter...
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burgess. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 300, providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 2668 to delay the application of the health insurance mandate and providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 2667, to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. the gentleman from texas may proceed. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to recognize my riend from minnesota, mrs. bachmann. mrs. bachmann: i thank my friend and i thank my colleagues who has preceded me in the marvelous comments. mr. brooks from alabama and the statistics he has just given and all the other stories. i look at the context of this issue, mr. speaker, and the issue of dealing with the whole strata of illegal immigration.
burgess. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 300, providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 2668 to delay the application of the health insurance mandate and providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 2667, to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate and for other purposes. the...
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mr. president, after debate we'll move forward with the cordray vote. i'd like to thank everybody on both sides of the aisle who have engaged in this debate and discussion. i particularly like to thank all of my colleagues last night who engaged in a maybe long, which is our custom, but i think productive discussion of the many of the issues that separate us. particularly this impending possible -- what many of us think crisis in the history of the united states senate. and i want to thank both our leaders, senator mcconnell and senator reid and so many others who have been actively engaged in the conversations that have been going on. i look forward to the vote as soon as possible on mr. cordray. i thank all of my colleagues for an evening i thought was very important in our relations in the united states senate. >> mr. president, we may have a way forward on this. i feel fairly confident. as you know that's why we need the time. so what we're going to do is go to quorum. i think everybo
mr. president, after debate we'll move forward with the cordray vote. i'd like to thank everybody on both sides of the aisle who have engaged in this debate and discussion. i particularly like to thank all of my colleagues last night who engaged in a maybe long, which is our custom, but i think productive discussion of the many of the issues that separate us. particularly this impending possible -- what many of us think crisis in the history of the united states senate. and i want to thank both...